Receptacle.



W. G. RICH.

RECEPTAQLE. APPLICATION FILED JULY IS. IQIZ.

` 1,164,961. lPatented Dec.A 21, 1915.

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.UNITED sTATns raTsNT carina..

WILLARD G. RICH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

I Application filed July 18, 1912. Serial VNo. 710,202.

To all 'whom t may concern." y

Be it known that I, WILLARD G. RICH, of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements irl-Recept-acles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description4 of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, vand. to the reference nu* My present invention has for its object to provide a holder or receptacle fOr-Shaving soap in stick form, which will not corrode under the action of moisture and chemical agentswembodied in the soap; which will p ermit the latter to be projected gradually as required for use; which ywill preserve the soap vagainst becoming dry and hard and which is closed by caps so formed that the receptacle will stand upright only on one end thus preventing any excess moisture 'remaining at any time on the exposed end of the stick from softening the stick as a whole or foulingthe container.

To these and other ends the invention con` sists in certain improvements and combinations of-parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figures l and 2 are side elevations of a receptacle illustratingone embodiment of my invention, the first view showing the receptacle closed and the secondl showing the cap removed with theexposed.

zend of the soap stick in readiness for use, and Fig. 3 is a' vertical sectional view.

Similar vreference numerals throughout the several figures indicate the same parts. A receptacle embodying my invention is adapted to be used as a container for stick material which is to be consumed, such' as stick shaving soap, indicated' by A, and comprises a cylindrical tubular body or shell B only slightly larger in diameter than the inclosed soap stick and having at one end a flanged portion b which is turned inwardlysufliciently to frictionally engage the soap stick. This flange may be provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending slots b to add flexibility to it and the flange may also be turned inwardly to suoli an extent that its edge, or the end of the body, may

vb itev into the wall of the soap stick sufficiently to prevent its being forced backwardly 'into the receptacle. This however,y

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I do not deem altogether necessary, prefery ring rather to provide. othermeans for pre- '-v I venting this movement, as. only slight tion is required of the fianges b'to holdtlie f soap stick under general conditions ,of use?" and also prevent the entrance of moisture between the contiguous walls of the/stick .l 65

and container.

The container is made slightly greater-in A' length than the soap stick and in its rear end is placed a`follower in the form of a disk of such a diameter that its periphery engagesi the inner wall ofthe container when an attempt is made 'to move it longitudinally therein while held in a plane extending ytransversely thereto, a result which oc'curs when an attempt is made to force the soap stick rearwardly. The disk lmay be made of thin material and is preferably dished irri wardly making its rearface concaved. This shape adds to the security with which it-'f` binds itself in place in resisting rearward`? fl movement and also facilitates adjusting it f'forwardly. It may be necessary or desirable, with some soaps or other substances, to hold them out of contact with the container and in such instances I provide a liring C of paper, or other suitable material, which closely fits the receptacle and is v,held against rearward movement therein by'. a small flange b2. The lining C may be made of any material which possesses the quality of being slightly yielding and for this `,reason I' prefer one of a fibrous nature which, because it will yield under pressure, differs from the harder substance, such as .metal 6r Celluloid, of which the receptacle may be composed. In the use of shaving sticks, the exposed -ends are moistened and if the container as a whole is stood upright, viz: with the exposed end of the soap stick uppermost, any excess moisture may gravitate or work its way downwardly within the walls of the container. Thisl l:so

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not only tends to befoul the latter but it also causes the s'oap stick to become softened. In orderto obviate thesedifficulties I provide the receptacle with caps of such form that it can only stand upright on the end at which is the exposed end of the soap stick. Tomthis extremity of the container I fit a y I cap D having the flatface d and toits other extremity I fit the rounded, semi-- spherical, cap E. The latter may be generally described as dome shaped, which term maybe understood to include various modifications of contour anyone of Which'yvould 'fail to serve las a supportby means of which the receptacle might be held in kan upright position. In order to prevent these caps of some substance other than metal, such as Celluloid, as most of the metals which are .adapted `to be formed into the shape shown,

oxidiz'e very readily and either disintegrate, or `accumulate verdigris under the influence of moisture and the chemical ingredients incorporated in the soaps during manufacture.

I claim as my invention: j

l. A shaving stick holder embodying an open-ended cylindrical receptacle having means at its forward end for restraining the movements of a shaving stick placed therein in a forward'direction and aft its other end with an inturned iange, a yielding lining in the receptacle held against longitudinal `rnovementby the restraining means at one end andsaid fiange at the other end of the receptacle, and a thin concave circular disk fitting Within the lining and movable longitudinally of the receptacle in one direction,

'and adapted to lock therein by peripheral engagement with the lining When pressure is exerted on its convex surface.

2. A shaving stick holder comprising a tubular container, a flat top cap having a flange fitting the exterior of the container'. and a rounded cap having a portion fitting the interiorof the container, said caps being non-reversible on the container;

3. tubular shell 'adapted to receive a stick of shaving soap having an .open receiving end in which said stick is inserted and an open discharge end from Which said stick is `projected for use, a flat'top cap fitting' said discharge end and forming a surface for supporting the vshell upright with the used end of the stick lowermost and a second cap fitted to the other eXtremity of the shell and having a portion dome shaped' so that it will not supp/ort the shell in an upright position. u

WILLARD e. RICH.

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, -Gr. WILLARD RICH RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH. 

